Du hast uns, Herr, gerufen

Du hast uns, Herr, gerufen. Kurt Rommel* (1926-2011). Written in 1967 at Schwenningen am Neckar (Villingen-Schwenningen), and first sung there. It was originally in two separate parts of three stanzas each (1-3, 4-6). It was published in a local collection for family worship at the Pauluskirche in 1968, and then in Gott schenkt Freiheit. Neue Lieder im Gottesdienst (Berlin, 1968) and 111 Kinderlieder zur Bibel. Neue Lieder für Schule, Kirche und Haus, edited by Gerd Watkinson (Freiburg im Breisgau, 1968). It was suggested to Rommel in a conversation with Ursula and Dieter Trautwein*, who asked for a modern hymn to replace the one by Benjamin Schmolck*, ‘T(h)ut mir auf die schöne Pforte’*...